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| Espoir BBC Kigali 2012-13 |
Average Height: 191.7 cm (6'3.5'')
Average Age: 23.7
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Espoir Lift Playoffs Title - Mar 19, 2013
| Unbeaten Espoir celebrated adding the basketball league Playoffs final trophy to the regular season title after beating APR 78-68 in Game Three on Sunday at the Amahoro Indoor Stadium court.
Espoir started well, winning the first quarter 19-12 but former champions APR came back strong and dominated the second quarter 23-15.
However, Cliff Owour's team ran out of steam in the third and fourth quarters as Espoir, who have been so dominant throughout the season, ran 25-13 and 20-9 winners respectively in the second half.
Forward Olivier Muhizi and Kami Kabange scored 23 and 14 respectively, while the Playoffs final Most Valuable Player, point guard Aristide Mugabe added 11 points for Jean Bahufite's side.
Lionel Hakizimana (190-G-92) scored 11 points for APR, while his skipper Theotime Murimira, who was ejected after accumulating five fouls, scored 8 points.
Espoir won the best of five series playoff final 3-0 to which helped them to add it to the regular season title. The Nyamirambo-based outfit, who last won the league title back in 2004, won Game One 89-63 and Game Two 106-54 respectively last weekend.
Meanwhile, APR women's team beat Ubumwe 54-41 in Game One of their best of three Playoffs final played on Saturday. Games Two is today at Amahoro Indoor Stadium court.
Courtesy of: https://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com
| Rwanda goes NBA-style with All-Star Game - Mar 29, 2013
| Espoir (green) beat APR (white and black) in Game Three of the playoff final 78-68 at Amahoro indoor stadium to complete a 3-0 whitewash. The New Times / P. Muzogeye.After the successful conclusion of the regular and playoff season, the Rwanda Basketball Federation has come up with the American NBA-style All-star game scheduled for this weekend at the Amahoro indoor stadium court.
According to the federation Secretary General Richard Mutabazi, 24 best performing players from the just-concluded season will be selected from nine registered clubs to form the two teams. The game will be a curtain-raiser for Game Three of the womens playoff final between APR and Ubumwe.
Each of the two opposing teams for the All-star game will be made up of 12 best players with one side coached by Espoirs Jean Bahufite and the other by APRs Cliff Owour.
Bahufite led Espoir to the league and playoff titles with an unbeaten record, while Espoir whitewashed APR 3-0 in the best-of-five playoff final series.
We dont want players to sit idle for a long period, thats why we came up with this idea to keep them busy after the league,, Mutabazi told Times Sport on Tuesday.
The officials also noted that the federation plans to come up with more competitions to keep the players busy throughout the season, since the national league runs for only four months.
Mutabazi explained the idea of the All-star game, saying that, much as it is for keeping the players busy it was also to attract more fans at the stadium for ladies Game Three of the playoff final as a way of promoting the womens game.
However, there will be no trophies for the All-star game, since there are no sponsors on board, according to the federation.
There are no sponsors for this event, therefore the way to go about it is to give to individual players and coaches an envelope for their participation, Mutabazi reveale
APR lead the series 2-0 after beating Ubumwe 54-41 and 58-47 in Game One, and Two, respectively a fortnight
Meanwhile, the basketball federation awarded individuals, who played a tremendous role in the 2012/2013 season. These included; team president of the year award to Venuste Nsabimana of league debutants 30 plus.
irene.nayebare@newtimes.co.rw
Referee of the year: Jean Sauveur Ruhumuliza, Coach of the year: Alexandre Ahishakiye (RAPP), Journalist of the year: Peter Kamasa (The New Times), Fan of the year: Francois Habiyakare and Volunteer of the year: Mohammed Tuyisenge.
Young player of the year Espoir Placide UWITONZE, born in 1995, while Best scorer player was Mike Buzangu from KBC, and the Most Valuable Player was Aristide Mugabe (Espoir).
Courtesy of: https://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com
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